It was a night where Orioles right-hander Andrew Cashner was getting in a lot of trouble, but he was minimizing the damage. But against struggling right-hander Sonny Gray, the Orioles didn't do any damage. The Orioles were nearly shut out for the 13th time as they lost 5-1 to New York, which sweeps the day-night doubleheader. The Yankees can sweep a four-game series here on Sunday night. The Yankees scored in the first inning in both games today. Tonight, Brett Gardner smoked the first pitch...

The Orioles are prepared to activate right-hander Jhan Mariñez from the disabled list Sunday as a fresh bullpen arm for their series finale against the Yankees at Camden Yards. Mariñez was on the DL retroactive to Aug. 3 with a strained right hamstring. He's been pitching at Triple-A Norfolk, working a scoreless inning Friday night against Durham. Mariñez has registered a 2.72 ERA and 1.36 WHIP in 39 games with the Tides. However, he's allowed five earned runs (six total) and nine...

NEW YORK - The Nationals have played 2,234 games in nearly 14 seasons since arriving in the District. And most of the first 1,000 or so of those games were played by losing teams, many of them with lineups severely lacking in talent. Never before, however, had this team failed to score a run in three consecutive games. Not during the Lastings Milledge Era. Not during the days of Cleanup Hitter Austin Kearns. Not during meaningless late-September days when Jeff Kobernus led off, Scott Hairston...

The Orioles lineup for Game 2 of today's doubleheader doesn't include Adam Jones and Tim Beckham. Craig Gentry is in right field and Jonathan Villar moves over to shortstop. Jace Peterson gets the start at second base. Trey Mancini is playing first base while Chris Davis serves as the designated hitter and bats cleanup. John Andreoli remains in left field and Renato Núñez stays at third base. Andrew Cashner has made three starts against the Yankees this season and allowed nine runs and...

Orioles pitchers have allowed 17 runs and 21 hits, including seven homers, in the first two games of this series against the New York Yankees, losing 7-5 in 10 innings and 10-3. Tonight, the Orioles host New York in the third game of a four-game series. The Yankees hit four homers off four different pitchers to win the day portion of this day-night doubleheader, 10-3, in front of 32,445 at Camden Yards. The Orioles (37-92) have lost six in a row and fall to 6-8 against New York and to 21-42 at...

After losing a late lead last night, the Orioles were ahead early in today's game. But that lead didn't last long, either, as New York scored six runs over the third and fourth innings to pull ahead and away to a 10-3 win in Game 1 of a day-night doubleheader at Oriole Park. The Orioles' (37-92) latest losing streak has reached six in a row. They have had seven losing streaks of at least six games in the 2018 season. They've now lost eight of nine, 13 of 15 and 17 of their last 21...

The Orioles were sorting through their pitching options and making arrangements to have a fresh arm ready today in case they needed to adjust their bullpen between games of their doubleheader against the Yankees. Jimmy Yacabonis gave them 3 1/3 innings in the opener, which is why a contingency plan is necessary. The Orioles briefly held a lead that the Yankees ripped from their grasp, the aggression including Miguel Andújar's tiebreaking three-run homer off Yacabonis in the third inning and...

NEW YORK - Ryan Madson rejoined the Nationals today after a week spent with his personal trainer in Phoenix. Whether the veteran reliever will be ready to rejoin the Nationals' active roster in the next few days depends on how he comes out of a planned bullpen session before Sunday's game. Out since August 12, when he served up a walk-off grand slam at Wrigley Field and afterward revealed he had shooting back pain that went down his leg and hindered his ability to pitch, Madson spent the week...

NEW YORK - We know the Nationals' offensive production has been awfully hit-or-miss - no pun intended, though actually, yes pun intended - this season, and we got a good glimpse of that Friday night when a group that has been pretty effective over the last month was completely shut down by underwhelming left-hander Jason Vargas. What reason is there to believe today will be different? Well, for starters the Nats are facing a different starter, one they've enjoyed much success against over the...

Jimmy Yacabonis seems to be enjoying his new role as starter and his designation as 26th man for doubleheaders. Yacabonis drove to Camden Yards yesterday, leaving behind his 3.93 ERA, 1.16 WHIP in .208 average-against in 20 starts with Triple-A Norfolk. "He embraces it and he loves it compared to the alternative," said manager Buck Showalter. "He knows what his role is and what he's going to do, and he comes in here and kind of gun slings it and see what happens. "He's aware of the...